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<p><img alt="" src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?type=xw12&amp;isbn=9780805094213/SC.GIF&amp;client=harrisp&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=" style="margin: 3px 7px; width: 66px; float: left; height: 100px" />Many of us remember where we were ten years ago on September 11th.&nbsp; The&nbsp;news unfolded before us in real time - on TV, the radio, in the newspapers, and online.&nbsp; We can recall exactly where we were and what we were doing when we first learned about the attacks.&nbsp; In that way, we all have a personal&nbsp;account&nbsp;of&nbsp;that day.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>These books&nbsp;retell personal&nbsp;experiences from people who were directly caught up in the attack and its aftermath.&nbsp; Each&nbsp;one is based on a specific perspective from a specific place, but they all recount the history of that day that changed the nation and the world.</p>
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From a small town in Canada - <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;term=The%20Day%20the%20World%20Came%20to%20Town%20:%209/11%20in%20Gander,%20Newfoundland&amp;index=.GH#focus">The Day the World Came to Town : 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland</a> by Jim DeFede</li>
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From emergency workers - <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;term=Closure:%20The%20Untold%20Story%20of%20the%20Ground%20Zero%20Recovery%20Mission&amp;index=.GH#focus">Closure: The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Recovery Mission</a> by William Keegan, Jr. with Bart Davis</li>
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From office workers - <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;term=On%20Top%20of%20the%20World:%20Cantor%20Fitzgerald,%20Howard%20Lutnick,%20and%209/11%20:%20A%20Story%20of%20Loss%20and%20Renewal&amp;index=.GH#focus">On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11 : A Story of Loss and Renewal</a> by Tom Barbash</li>
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From loved ones - <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;term=A%20Decade%20of%20Hope:%20Stories%20of%20Grief%20and%20Endurance%20from%209/11%20Families%20and%20Friends&amp;index=.GH#focus">A Decade of Hope: Stories of Grief and Endurance from 9/11 Families and Friends</a> by Dennis Smith with Deirdre Smith</li>
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From pilots and air-controllers - <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;term=Touching%20History:%20The%20Untold%20Story%20of%20the%20Drama%20that%20Unfolded%20in%20the%20Skies%20Over%20America%20on%209/11&amp;index=.GH#focus">Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama that Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11</a> by Lynn Spencer</li>
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From those inside the World Trade Center - <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;term=102%20Minutes:%20The%20Unforgettable%20Story%20of%20the%20Fight%20to%20Survive%20Inside%20the%20Twin%20Towers&amp;index=.GH#focus">102 Minutes: The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers</a> by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn</li>
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<script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({publisher:''});</script>http://www.hcpl.net/content/ten-years-ago#commentshistoryNonfictionSeptember 11Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:28:38 +0000Sara West7473 at http://www.hcpl.net